The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2021

The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom

Edited by: Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Edward Green

In the series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812298307

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About this book

This volume offers theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, as an experience, value, and right. Drawing on examples from around the world, its essays show how the terrain of religious freedom has never been smooth and how in recent years the landscape of religious freedom has shifted.

Author / Editor information

Heather J. Sharkey is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. Jeffrey Edward Green is Director of the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Landscape of Religious Freedom Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Edward Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Ethical Arguments
1. A Right of Its Own: A Case for the Human Right of Religious Freedom Daniel Philpott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
2. Can Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Be Universal? Heiner Bielefeldt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Part II. The Social Contingency of Religious Freedom Disputes
3. Microclimates of Religious Freedom: Global Norms Meet Local Conditions in Territorial Hawai`i and Occupied Japan Jolyon Baraka Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4. The Protection of Religion as “Culture” and “History”: Three Case Studies Lori G. Beaman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
5. “Baptism of Ire”: Atheist Plaintiffs and Irreligious Freedom in Postwar America Leigh E. Schmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
6. The Heads or Tails of Cow Protection in India: Religious Freedom and Secular Agriculture Cassie Adcock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
7. Bad Faith: Religious Fraud and Religious Freedom in the “Mighty I AM” Case William Schultz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Part III. The (Mis)application of Religious Freedom
8. The Historian’s Pickaxe: Uncovering the Racist Origins of the Religious Right Randall Balmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
9. Female Genital Cutting in Michigan: How Advocates of the Dawoodi Bohra Distorted Religious Freedom to Control Women’s Sexual Conduct Kristina Arriaga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
10. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Future of Religious Freedom in the United States Joshua Matz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Keywords: Religion; Religious freedom; Religious liberty; Human rights; Freedom of conscience; Church and State; Unbelief; Atheism; Racism and Religious Right; Religious Freedom and the Supreme Court; Constitutional law; Universal rights; Religion and politics

eBook

Published: September 24, 2021
ISBN: 9780812298307